Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-30
4 CompIimentton Ric,lmond Artist,

Professor y. L. ClapP, who has re-
Gently returned from his native city Of
Rosion, whore he spent his summer
vacation, should feel himself highly
complimCnted by the genuine ovation
that has been given his young scholar
Edwin Farmer by the critics Of the
"Hub. Tie AmcrjcGH MUsici0n thus
speaks Of Young Farmers recent piano
playing at the Orpheus Club III BOs-
| ton:
"Thc event Of the evening was the
! piaroiorte playing by Master Farmer,
q youth Of twelve years, who is a pupil
of \. Eowdi;ch Clapp, of Richmond,
No. Wednesday afternoon young
afmer repeated his recital, this time i'll
| CLichoring Hall 4 more interesting
| prodigy has seldom, If ever. been heard
IN this city. lis most conspicuous
characteristic is that he is rs wholly
unlike as be is inherently superior TO
eli other ulodipies who have appeared
here as piauoforte yirtuOsi. So far from
having been forced INTO that abnormal
| habit Of performance. TO which so many
prodieics have accustomed US, his talent
las leen most judiciousIy and artist
cally developed. He has been tho
roughly schooled in the best traditions,
and The tone that he produces from the
piano is as charming asitis marvellous.
In lis interpretations young Farmer
displays q phen9mcnally keen apprc-
citation of the classical details Of his mu-
SIC. His playing Of a Chopin nocturne
is as legitimate and praiseworthy AS his
performance Of n Bach fuWe. In the
one he studiously avoids all scntimcn-
tally while imparting to the nocturne
| Ell iho expression that it were reason
| able 10 demand for it. and with the
| fueuc he fairly assumes the rOfo OF "A
| most t2uerioncod exponent Of con-
tlapuu,el law, aud poltrays its cxpo,i-
ton and mathematical development
with fidelity and clcarncss Chat would
excite Tie admiration Of the most
critical nusiciaU.
at is to hc hoped that such artistic
instruction as Mr. Clapp has impaired
| TO Young Farmer is appreciated in
hiclmond. for if would he difficult to
say wherein il has been surpassed in
Boston.
Tie Van and Womau Arrested.
IN Associatod-Press dispatch from
Newark, n. j., received here last night
said:
The police Of this city to-day ar
rested William y. Gentry aud Matte
johnson, Who had elopcd from Rich
moud, Va. The arrest was made on Il
dispa.ch received by the chief Of police
here, which stated that thc woman had
.tolcu eC0o aud WIS besides guilty OF
attempted murder, and that Gentry was
accessory to the crime. Both ar held
peudirg the arrival of Richmond Off
GERS
1he accused woman was formerly Of
Richmond, but for some time lived in
Norfolk. Her reputation is bad. She
is charged with having chloroformed %
MIS-. VI hitc to get The money in qIes-
ton Aitr committing the crime II
is alleged that she came here and with
Gentry, who is a fsh-m0Hger, pro
coedod uorthWard.
u is not believed here That Gentry
vas an accessory before the fact.
Sergeant Cosby will leave for Nor
fo,s this morning to get the necessary
papls TO procure rc40isition for the
I've Jccus,C.
Io.ectiye :. 7. James. of Norfolk,
has been in tho city, of and on, for
scvoal "a, working up the case in
couiun-tlon with tie Richmond po-.cc.